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ASLP is proud to have a diverse student body on campus. On regular basis we have students on the podium winning awards for their athletic abilities: tennis, soccer, swimming, golf or surf. ASLP is also proud of its many gifted and talented students in academic and artistic areas. Therefore, this past weekend, ASLP organized both […]

ASLP Middle School Students will work together to help save endangered species: Pinzon Azul All Middle School students from the American School of Las Palmas will collaborate with the Centro Integral de Formación Profesional Villa de Agüimes and the “Life Project Pinzon Azul” in a project dedicated to the reforestation of the burned area of […]

Over 100 students and parents from grades 8-12 attended Career Night at ASLP last Thursday. The event was organized to help our students decide what degree to study in the future. At this age, many students are undecided and Career Night gave them the opportunity to listen to at least five professionals. Engineers, doctors, entrepreneurs, […]

Various Middle and Upper School students from ASLP have decided to participate in this year’s annual Daughters of the American Revolution History Essay Competition. The Essay Competition is divided into two categories: Middle School (Grades 6-8) and Upper School (grades 9-12) each with a different question. There is also a separate 5th grade competition. This […]

This year at ASLP the students in both 11th and 12th grade have an hour of college counseling in their schedules. This hour is obligatory for all. In these crucial years, it is vital to help the students in the choices that lie ahead. For example, in which country should they study? What career or […]

The American School of Las Palmas is moving closer towards its environmental goals of becoming an ECO School and we would like to share our achievements and future projects with you. This year, the specific topic and where we will focus our main effort will be in the area of the protection of the Biodiversity. […]

Several Upper School students from ASLP enjoyed a different type of week-end yet were still surrounded by friends. They did volunteer work for NGO’s. On Friday and Saturday several seniors volunteered for the cancer organization, Alejandro da Silva, at the Corte Ingles store in Las Palmas. Established in 1989, this organization raises money for cancer […]

An expert on the American Civil Rights Movement spoke to the students in Upper School last Friday at ASLP. ACS Chief Christopher M. Richardson, spoke to around 70 students in grades 9 to 11 on Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and others who challenged racism in the 1960s in the US. Consul Richardson, who was […]

Whole school participates in Save the Children Run-a-thon The whole school community participated in a run-a-thon to raise money for Save the Children last Friday in the Parque Juan Pablo II in Las Palmas. About 430 teachers, parents and students from Nursery to Grade 12 ran laps to help over a million children in Southern […]

The American School of Las Palmas celebrated its 50th Anniversary this past week-end by hosting an alumni reunion at the school. The event took place on Saturday 16th September 2017 from 21:00h onwards and was attended by over 200 former students and staff. Every decade of the school’s history was represented by teachers and students […]